A technology developed by Vanderbilt Professor John Wikswo and his group has been selected as a Finalist for the 2017 R&D100 Awards. The award honors 100 top innovations of the prior year, as selected by a panel of expert judges, and is in its 55th year of recognizing great R&D pioneers and their revolutionary technologies.
The innovative device that Professor Wikswo and his team developed is the MultiWell MicroFormulator, a novel, compact, and low-cost instrument that precisely and continuously controls cell culture media from within an incubator. The instrument supports complex cellular microenvironments while simultaneously performing dynamic, long-term cell culture experiments. The MultiWell MicroFormulator is a joint effort between researchers at Vanderbilt University and CN Bio Innovations Limited, and its ultimate aim is to bring about a paradigm shift in long-term pharmacology, toxicology, and organ-on-chip studies.
